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We finally made it down to Point Loma to visit the year-old Stone World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station, and it was eye-opening, jaw-dropping, and thirst-quenching! The sprawling compound was so impressive that we’ve put together a virtual walk through of the property. Check out one of the most impressive craft beer properties we’ve ever seen after the jump.

Just when you thought Stone Brewing Co has given up on their project to open a brewery in Europe, the brewery has announced that they will open a $25-million complex in Berlin in 2015! Details after the jump. Read more →

Big news for hop heads out of Escondido! Greg Koch had teased it, but now it’s official: last year’s sublime Ruination 10th Anniversary double IPA is coming back to devastate your palates all over again! RuinTen is the same recipe as the anniversary brew, and it will see a bottle and draft release this June!

**UPDATE 9/24/12** We got a look a the location during the open hosue last week, and we’ve posted a small gallery of pictures of the space with details on their “soft-opening” hours and growler fills!

**UPDATE 9/13/12** Details of the Sneak Preview of the Stone Company Store have been added to the LA Beer Week calendar! On Thursday September 20th the Pasadena location will open-up for a sneak preview. $25 gets you admission to the event, four 8-ounce tasters of extra special Stone beers, snacks, and a commemorative glass. Tickets and Details are here!

**UPDATE 9/6/12** While there is no official date for the opening of the Stone Company Store in Pasadena, a recent tweet from Stone says that their goal is to be open in time for LA Beer Week (which runs from September 20th to September 30th).

Big news from Stone Brewing today! The LA Times reports that Stone will open a retail store on South Raymond Ave near Old Town in Pasadena (*UPDATE 9/13/12*: the adress of the store is 220 S. Raymond Ave Suite 103, Pasadena, CA 91105 just a BLOCK from the Del Mar Gold Line Metro station!), and the location may be operating as early as this August! It sounds like the “Company Store” will mirror their location in South Park San Diego and have all manner of Stone merchandise available to purchase, and more importantly coolers for stone beers, keg beer, and a growler-filling station! Oh how our hearts fill with joy knowing that when some awesome limited release Stone beer is available for growler-fills we will only be 15 miles away!

Bitterness is a key component in a beer’s flavor there to balance out the sweetness of the malts and prevent beer from tasting like a “barley soda.” The mass-produced American Light Lager beers are so light in body that they only need a touch of bitterness to find balance, and many people have trouble adapting to the more assertive bitterness in craft beers. Few beer drinkers we know of started off loving the very bitter double IPAs, but like with coffee, dark chocolate, and grapefruit you can develop your palate to enjoy the bitterness in beer. Experimentation and exploration is the key to discovering your comfort level. Read more →